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| North America:Marine insurance for American shipping begins in Philadelphia. The smallpox epidemic in London spreads to Boston. Inoculation is introduced, but the physician is accused of spreading the disease. New England begins receiving regular postage from London. | |||||||||||
| Europe: England's attention to its North American colonies declines in the wake of the South Sea Bubble. Robert Walpole , who benefitted from the speculation, becomes Prime Minister. The family spat between France and Spain two years ago is patched up. In fact it is decided that the Spanish Infanta, now three, will be wedded to Louis XV, an aged eleven years old. Montesquieu critical of French society; Johan Sebastian Bach performs; Broccoli introduced to England from Itally via France. | |||||||||||
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January 1721
January De La Tour draws 4 plans for New Biloxi (Fort Louis), picks one of the smaller plans and De Boispinel is sent across the bay to begin construction. The plan is abandoned in the summer of 1722 when the capital is finally moved, but Biloxi continues to grow. |
February 1721
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March 1721
March 29 Adrien De Pauger arrives at the settlement that is to become New Orleans. |
April 1721
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May 1721
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June 1721
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July 1721
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August 1721
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September 1721
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October 1721
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December 1721
December De La Tour reports that a large warehouse has been built to store the Company's materials. M. De Pailloux is the officer in charge and Sr. Freboul is the clerk at New Orleans. |
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First recorded hurricane in New Orleans. The Colony of Louisiana is divided into nine districts by Bienville: 1. Nouveau Orleans 2. Nouveau Biluxy 3. Mobile 4 Alibamons 5 Natches 6 Yasou 7. Natchitoches 8. Arkansas 9. Illinois |
Adrien de Pauger, who is the first engineer at the New Orleans site draws the first working drawing Plan de La Nouvelle Orleans which is 6 X 11 blocks. The streets that are now Dauphine and Burgundy are unnamed as yet. Chartres is split at the church into Chartres and Conde. The street that is now Governor Nicholls is named L'Arcenal, Barracks is named Rue St. Jean. Outside the "fortification line" is shown Bienville's plantation just upriver from the city. The Times Picayune of February 3, 1962 notes that the plan, dated 1721, , may be a working drawing of Adrien de Pauger's plan of 1724.The original is at Yale University. Failure of John Law’s Banque Nationale and the infamous Mississippi Bubble. |
Le district des Allemandes is settled by Germans. German settlers establish a settlements near present day LaPlace in St. John the Baptist Parish and on the West Bank from Edgard downriver to Hahnville. The area is known as the German Coast. Bustard’s Cove at New Sarpy, in Jefferson Parish is settled by Canadians and French, Bienville came here in 1699 from Lake Pontchartrain using small waterways and portage. LeSueur and Canadians used the route and were met here by Iberville and Tonti February 24, 1700. It became part of the Second German Coast about 1830. |
Spain erects a fort that serves as Capital of the Province of Texas from 1721 to 1773 near Natchitoches, LA. The village of Baton Rouge is settled by Frenchmen. It will be British, from 1763 - 1779 and Spanish from 1779-1810. |
Luis Unzaga Y Amezaga |
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